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February 13
Our Health Our Environment: Making the Link
The Future of Puget Sound: Applying Ecological Economics to Our Area
David Batker, MS, and Katherine Davies, DPhil discuss what an application of ecological economics means to the Puget Sound region. The region currently serves as a major case study for a whole-system-based analysis by the Gund Institute. The effort is headed locally by Earth Economics where David Batker is the founder and director. He will give an overview of the critical concepts of ecological economics with specific application to the Puget Sound watershed and present ideas and solutions for our region. Dr Davies will expand our understanding of the ecological economics framework and highlight the connection between our health, environment and economy. Click
here
for tickets and more information.
6.30-8.00pm
Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca Street).
February 14
Seattle Great City Initiative
Brown Bag Lunch Forum with Seattle Parks Commissioner Tim Gallagher
Seattle Parks and Recreation is developing a Strategic Action Plan to establish a vision and guide decisions over the next five years. Meet Seattle's new Parks Superintendent Tim Gallagher, as he discusses the development of the plan. With 31 years of experience as a Parks and Recreation professional, Tim was Director of Parks and Recreation for LA County, and has led parks systems in Stockton, San Luis Obispo County and Yreka, California. The Seattle Great City Initiative is a program of the Cascade Land Conservancy and the Cascade Agenda. Please RSVP to Allison Burson
allison.burson@greatcity.org
12.00-1.30pm
Triad Urban Center, NW Corner of 3rd and Cherry, Seattle
February 14
BOMA Seattle King County
2008 Energy Efficiency Series - Focus on Energy Management
New for 2008 - practical strategies to improve energy performance in your buildings and strengthen the bottom-line, including select encore presentations of the BOMA Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP). Presentations to include: The Changing Role of Energy Management; Finding Opportunities to Reduce Energy Use; BEEP #2: How to Benchmark Energy Performance. Click here to register. Day 1 of a 2 part series – see entry for February 28th.
8.00am-11.30am
Red Lion Hotel, 1414 5th Ave, Seattle
February 14-15
AIA Seattle
Medical Forum: The Future of Healthcare Design
How will new medical developments over the next 20 years impact the way we approach healthcare, the practice of medicine, and the way we design facilities to meet those needs? This year’s Medical Design Forum will take the ideas that captured our imaginations last year – biotechnology, robotics, suspended animation, portable medical records, genetic therapies and more – and fully explore their impact on the future of healthcare design. 12.5 LUs, 11 HSWs. See
www.aiaseattle.org
to register for this all day seminar.
REI
February 19
Cascadia Region Green Building Council
Emerging Green Builders Collaboration night
One of Seattle’s leading green building firms present their own work in their own offices to the next generation of ecological designers. Students and young professionals are invited to attend. Registration is not required......hope to see you there!
5.30-7.00pm
Sellen Construction
February 26
AIA Seattle Committee on the Environment
Case Study | Site Ecology: Integration of Mission, Design, Building and Landscape
Join us for presentations and discussion of two projects that masterfully enhance their sites through restored site ecology and opportunities for public environmental education. Mercer Environmental Education Center (Jones and Jones) through low-impact site development strategies minimizes the human impact on the site's natural systems while reinforcing ecological stewardship and public awareness. King County's new state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility, Brightwater (Mithun, Hargeaves Associates), provides new public infrastructure and heals a degraded 114-acre site through a sculpted landscape, restored wildlife habitat, art and an education facility . Both projects were featured in the 2007 What Make It Green Conference. Click here for more information.
4.00-6.00pm
Mithun, Pier 56, 1201 Alaskan Way, Suite 200
February 26
AIA Seattle - Design Salon
Lost in Translation: Is the World Getting Flat?
The case for a global perspective: Based on themes raised by Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat, how are Northwest sensibilities relevant when working in other cultures and traditions? How are international sensibilities relevant when working in the Northwest?
4.00-6.00pm
AIA Seattle, 1911 First Avenue
February 28
BOMA Seattle King County
2008 Energy Efficiency Series - Crunching the numbers
New for 2008 - practical strategies to improve energy performance in your buildings and strengthen the bottom-line, including select encore presentations of the BOMA Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP). Presentations to include: BEEP #5: Valuing Energy Enhancement Projects and Financial Returns; The Lease; Modeling Capital Improvement Costs and Allocations. Click here to register.
8.00am-11.30am
Red Lion Hotel, 1414 5th Ave, Seattle
February 28
Seattle Planning Commission
Affordable Housing Forum
Please join the Seattle Planning Commission along with leaders in labor, environmentalism, development, smart growth and affordable housing for an Affordable Housing Forum. The Commission will release their Affordable Housing Action Agenda, which includes nine key strategies for affordable housing in Seattle. A panel discussion, and question and answer session will follow. Speakers include: Dave Freiboth, King County Labor Council Aaron Hoard, University of Washington Sara Nikolic, Futurewise Sarah Lewontin, Housing Development Consortium Hal Ferris, Urban Land Institute Val Thomas, Val Thomas Inc. Ben Gitenstein, Washington Low-Income Housing Alliance Dan Stonington, Cascade Land Conservancy. For more information or questions, please call Casey Mills at 206-684-8694.
6.00-7.30pm
Bertha Landes Room, Seattle City Hall
March
Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability
Designing your Eco-Office - a whole systems approach to office outfitting in style with new and reused materials. Click here
for more information.
March 6
12th Annual IFMA Seattle Education Symposium
Creating Value and Sustainability in Facility Management
Highlights include a keynote by Teena Shouse, IFMA Immediate Past Chair, on "The Future of FM"; Plenary session on commercial real estate in Puget Sound; Six informative education sessions; Continuing education hours and a Mini-Trade Show. Click here to register.
Lynnwood, WA
March 11
Seattle LEED Users Group
Living Sites Tool
For more information on the meeting and a complete list of SLUG meeting topics for 2008, please click here. Contact Meagan Ritchie Saffitz on 206-957-8566 or
meganrs@paladinoandco.com
with any questions. No RSVP required. Continental Breakfast. $5 Suggested Donation.
7.30am-9.00am
Integrated Design Lab, 400 East Pine, Seattle
March 12
Our Health Our Environment: Making the Link
The Future of Energy: Applying Ecological Economics to Global Issues
How useful is ecological economics in the real world? Dr. Cutler Cleveland, director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Boston University, will illustrate the key concepts of ecological economics as applied to energy economics. A particularly timely issue since energy is one of the most pressing issues in our society, energy economics is expected to grow more important every year due to increasing scarcity of fossil fuels and the connection to global warming. Dr. Cleveland will elucidate many of the transdisciplinary aspects of energy and energy's central role in society. Within the framework of ecological economics, he will talk broadly about the relationship between the environment and society, including energy sources, distribution and taxation. Click
here
for tickets and more information.
6.30-8.00pm
Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca Street).
March 12-13
International Sustainable Solutions
Urban Sustainability Study Tour
Join International Sustainable Solutions on this overnight Urban Sustainability Study Tour of Victoria and Vancouver, BC. Click
here
for more information.
March 13-14
Built Green
Built Green Conference 2008
Click
here
for more information, or contact Koben Calhoun, Built Green Program Manager at (425) 460 8238 or by email at
info@builtgreenconference.com
Washington State Trade & Conference Center
March 14
Green Lunches, powered by Noonhat
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March 18
Cascadia Region Green Building Council
Emerging Green Builders Collaboration night
One of Seattle’s leading green building firms present their own work in their own offices to the next generation of ecological designers. Students and young professionals are invited to attend. Registration is not required......hope to see you there!
5.30-7.00pm
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca
March 26 – 27
Engineering Vision 2030
See the light, and learn to think outside traditional boundaries of building systems design. Engineering Vision 2030 promises to provide practical and technical information that participants can take back to their offices and apply to their projects. Click here to register.
Seattle University, Pigott Hall, Seattle
March 29
Global Earth Hour
Earth Hour 2007 was a Sydney event. Earth Hour 2008 is a global movement. Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming. This simple act has captured the hearts and minds of people all over the world. As a result, at 8pm on the 29 March, 2008 millions of people in some of the world’s major capital cities, including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane, Tel Aviv and Manila will unite and switch off for Earth Hour.
Sign up here and choose to take your own action!
April 6
AIA Top Ten Jury comes to Seattle
The AIA's Top Ten Green Projects program seeks to identify and recognize the benefits of a high performance, sustainable design approach; to educate the architectural community and the public at large on the increased value that sustainable design provides for developers, building owners and occupants; and to acknowledge architects as experts in the creation of energy conscious and environmentally responsible design solutions. Click here for more information.
April 7-8
AIA COTE What Makes It Green?
AIA Seattle, Committee on the Environment's annual What Makes It Green? conference.
April 7
Women in Green
As part of the AIA What Makes It Green event, Kira Gould will host a discussion based on her new book "Women in Green - Voices of Sustainable Design" that explores the roles women are playing as advocates for a healthier planet. Panelists include City Green Building's Lucia Athens, architects and AIA Seattle board members Anne Schopf and Amanda Sturgeon, and environmental psychologist Judi Heerwagen. For more information please contact Kira Gould at
gould.kira@gmail.com.
1.30pm
Mountaineers Club
April 8
Seattle LEED Users Group
LEED Online
For more information on the meeting and a complete list of SLUG meeting topics for 2008, please click here. Contact Meagan Ritchie Saffitz on 206-957-8566 or
meganrs@paladinoandco.com
with any questions. No RSVP required. Continental Breakfast. $5 Suggested Donation.
7.30am-9.00am
Integrated Design Lab, 400 East Pine, Seattle
April 11
Green Lunches, powered by Noonhat
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April 12-13
Seattle Green Festival
Click
here
for more information
April 14-15
New Pathways Conference - Historic Preservation and Sustainability
Sustainability, green buildings, climate change and energy efficiency are all terms we hear and read about. But, how does the drive to adapt our built environment to "green building" standards affect the future of our historic properties? The New Pathways Conference, to be held April 14 & 15 in Seattle, will try to answer questions about how historic rehabilitation projects can successfully comply with local building codes and green building rating systems (such as LEED), and still meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. The target audience includes building owners, code officials, green building design proponents, designers/architects, and preservation consultants. Conference sponsors include the Washington Association of Building Officials, the Washington State Building Code Council, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, City of Seattle, and the US General Services Administration. Click here for more information.
U.S. Courthouse Seattle, 700 Stewart Street, Seattle
April 16-18
Cascadia Green Building Council
Living Future 08
From Living Buildings to Living Communities, this year, Cascadia Green Building Council's signature event will be held at the Westin Bayshore, in downtown Vancouver’s picturesque Coal Harbour, complete with views of the coastline, distant mountains, and Stanley Park. Two and half days of exciting dialogue will attract leading minds in North America to address climate change and the path to a future of Living Buildings and Living Communities. Living Future, Cascadia’s regional green building conference, will explore how to reduce or mitigate climate change.
April
Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability
My Brilliant Invention - Innovation and Sustainability Showcase of innovations & inventions and a report on GLOBE 2008. Click here
for more information.
April 22-28
International Sustainable Solutions
Urban Sustainability Study Tour
Join International Sustainable Solutions on this (alumni only) Urban Sustainability Study Tour of the Shanghai region of China. Click
here
for more information.
April 30
Our Health Our Environment: Making the Link
Economics for the 21st Century: Applying Ecological Economics to Global Issues
Joshua Farley, PhD, and David Korten, PhD consider why we need to imagine our future vision collectively. A broad, overlapping consensus around the goal of sustainable development is emerging but society still lacks a clear unified vision of what it entails. Ecological economics argues that without a coherent, relatively detailed, shared vision of what a sustainable society would look like, there will be no political will or united effort to take us from here to there. For the sake of future generations, we need to create one. Click
here
for tickets and more information.
6.30-8.00pm
Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca Street).
May
Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability
Sustainable Procurement - purchasing policies and tools for the ethical sourcing of furnishings, equipment and merchandise. (Forum & Workshop). Click here
for more information.
May 1-4
10th Anniversary Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival
The 10th anniversary of the Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival will be held on the University of Washington campus from Thursday, May 1 - Sunday, May 4, 2008. Building on the success of the past ten years, the festival lineup will showcase popular eco-classics with innovative new environmental media and films, speakers and workshops that promise to inspire dialogue and spark positive social action. Final film schedule and ticket information will be available at the HWEFN website (http://www.hazelfilm.org) in April.
May 8
Economics, Sustainability, and Historic Preservation
by Donovan D. Rypkema
"Green Buildings" in the United States are attracting the attention of architects, builders, city officials and environmentalists. What is not broadly understood, however, is that "green buildings" are only part of the larger sustainable development movement. Sustainable development certainly includes environmental responsibility but also economic and cultural responsibility. The contributory role of historic buildings to sustainable development cannot be overestimated. The greenest building is the one that isn't razed and taken to the
landfill. Register online at www.historicseattle.org or (206) 622-6952.
Co-sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Daniels Development
7.00-8.30pm
Chapel, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N., Seattle
$15 Historic Seattle members; $20 general public; $10 students
May 9
Green Lunches, powered by Noonhat
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May 13
Seattle LEED Users Group
Green Schools
For more information on the meeting and a complete list of SLUG meeting topics for 2008, please click here. Contact Meagan Ritchie Saffitz on 206-957-8566 or
meganrs@paladinoandco.com
with any questions. No RSVP required. Continental Breakfast. $5 Suggested Donation.
7.30am-9.00am
Integrated Design Lab, 400 East Pine, Seattle
May 18-24
International Sustainable Solutions
Urban Sustainability Study Tour
Join International Sustainable Solutions on their popular Urban Sustainability Study Tour of Sweden & Denmark. Click
here
for more information.
June
Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability
Transparent & Green Communications - telling the story of your business or organizations sustainability policies and achievements (Forum & Workshop). Click here
for more information.
June 10
Seattle LEED Users Group
LEED AP Exam
For more information on the meeting and a complete list of SLUG meeting topics for 2008, please click here. Contact Meagan Ritchie Saffitz on 206-957-8566 or
meganrs@paladinoandco.com
with any questions. No RSVP required. Continental Breakfast. $5 Suggested Donation.
7.30am-9.00am
Integrated Design Lab, 400 East Pine, Seattle
June 11-13
Biomimicry for a Sustainable Built Environment
Lecture & Workshop
Biomimicry is a new discipline that studies nature's best ideas and imitates them to solve human problems. Applications range widely, from architecture, product design, and engineering, to software development, communication systems and organizational evolution. The Biomimicry Guild is a team of design-savvy biologists who teach technical audiences an evolving methodology that incorporates natures design strategies into the design process. Attendees will examine ways to create innovative, life-enhancing products, architecture, and communities by emulating natural models. Hosted by AIA Seattle and the AIA Committee on the Environment. Click here for more information.
June 11, 5.00pm, Central Library
June 12-13, 8.00am-5.00pm, Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center
June 13
Green Lunches, powered by Noonhat
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July 8
Seattle LEED Users Group
Top 10 Green Materials
For more information on the meeting and a complete list of SLUG meeting topics for 2008, please click here. Contact Meagan Ritchie Saffitz on 206-957-8566 or
meganrs@paladinoandco.com
with any questions. No RSVP required. Continental Breakfast. $5 Suggested Donation.
7.30am-9.00am
Integrated Design Lab, 400 East Pine, Seattle
July 11
Green Lunches, powered by Noonhat
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August 8
Green Lunches, powered by Noonhat
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August 12
Seattle LEED Users Group
LEED Applications
For more information on the meeting and a complete list of SLUG meeting topics for 2008, please click here. Contact Meagan Ritchie Saffitz on 206-957-8566 or
meganrs@paladinoandco.com
with any questions. No RSVP required. Continental Breakfast. $5 Suggested Donation.
7.30am-9.00am
Integrated Design Lab, 400 East Pine, Seattle
September 9
Seattle LEED Users Group
CIRs
For more information on the meeting and a complete list of SLUG meeting topics for 2008, please click here. Contact Meagan Ritchie Saffitz on 206-957-8566 or
meganrs@paladinoandco.com
with any questions. No RSVP required. Continental Breakfast. $5 Suggested Donation.
7.30am-9.00am
Integrated Design Lab, 400 East Pine, Seattle
September 12
Green Lunches, powered by Noonhat
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October 10
Green Lunches, powered by Noonhat
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October 14
Seattle LEED Users Group
LEED Homes & Built Green
For more information on the meeting and a complete list of SLUG meeting topics for 2008, please click here. Contact Meagan Ritchie Saffitz on 206-957-8566 or
meganrs@paladinoandco.com
with any questions. No RSVP required. Continental Breakfast. $5 Suggested Donation.
7.30am-9.00am
Integrated Design Lab, 400 East Pine, Seattle
November 11
Seattle LEED Users Group
Greenbuild 08 Debrief
For more information on the meeting and a complete list of SLUG meeting topics for 2008, please click here. Contact Meagan Ritchie Saffitz on 206-957-8566 or
meganrs@paladinoandco.com
with any questions. No RSVP required. Continental Breakfast. $5 Suggested Donation.
7.30am-9.00am
Integrated Design Lab, 400 East Pine, Seattle
November 14
Green Lunches, powered by Noonhat
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November 19-21
Greenbuild
Revolutionary Green!
Boston, MA
December 9
Seattle LEED Users Group
Green Incentives
For more information on the meeting and a complete list of SLUG meeting topics for 2008, please click here. Contact Meagan Ritchie Saffitz on 206-957-8566 or
meganrs@paladinoandco.com
with any questions. No RSVP required. Continental Breakfast. $5 Suggested Donation.
7.30am-9.00am
Integrated Design Lab, 400 East Pine, Seattle
December 12
Green Lunches, powered by Noonhat
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